This program makes summer reading a truly enriching experience. It’s packed with informal learning and community engagement, boosting literacy and year-round reading. Performances, programs, a city-wide Summer Reading Challenge, and the Your Author Series—which connects children and teens to their favorite authors and illustrators—serve Angelenos of all ages.
Learn more about the program, and the Your Author Series.
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of:
- Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (Lead Sponsor)
- Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund
- The Council of the Library Foundation
- Maxwell H. and Muriel S. Gluck Endowment
- California State Library
- Walter and Holly Thomson Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
- Flora L. Thornton Endowment
- Mattel, Inc.
- The Albert Parvin Foundation
"Thank you so much for the all-inclusive summer reading program! It’s so much fun, and I look forward to it every year!"
— LAPL patron
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M
minutes of reading
were logged by they program’s participants last summer. And librarians across all branches distributed 12,400 free books to encourage patrons of all ages to read.
